Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-22

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| tries to be a sscond-class hypocr;te, nav.
ing NO Judgment, he tries TO place the
Jug beyond his sreack by legislation, be-
ing an igapramus,i' he tramples over
\ every one that disagrees with him
| holds pack his head, pins up mis- ears
and accepts the deyil as his guide. am
| not teetotaler, I speak now only of
those that are dry. Those that are not
can 60 to the river and drink. But if
] you will permit, | will tarry moment
1 WITH you. that are mot" dry. The Kan
sas rrohibitionists admit chat the local
authorities are unable to carry out the
stringent regulations that have been
devised for the abolition of The liquor
traffic. The United States revenue rel.
turns show 1,sAe saloons ii Kansas,
4,os3 in Iowa, and in all other states, in
Which prohibition prohibits in theory,
yon will find the Quota of saloons, and
not saloons, you will find the club
house and prescription case. Many of
theyoung will visit the club house who
would shun an open bar: You may
say, We have no club hbhse and pre-
scriptIo on case at the Springs. The town
itself is not yet fully developed, we
may not always haye an honest drug
gist. The saloon keepers well know
that prohibition means no tax and plen.
ty ofliq,or. That uninforcedl law breeds
disreSpectt for all laws, no one has
doubted. l Prohibltory legislation, where.
ever attempted, has proved Il complete
failure. High license is the Only genu-
inc temperance reformer. It'closes up
low drinking houses, makes the bar
keeper responsible for the acts of his
customer, and becomes power for put
ting al end to the unlicensed traffic,
and the unlawful sale of liquor to con-
tirmea inebriates will be largely re-
strained when responsibility can be flx-
ed and money damage collected.
o. w. MOREnEAD,
"1He strong s1o!M bear tile iufymifies of
tile s"eak." If Jerapla county is the
home Df such men as o. W. More
head describes, it is plainly the
duty OF every man, woman and child
to use every influence to protect
such persons, especially if, as he says,
"they are trying TO put the jig beyond
their reach. The reason. we desire to
keep whiskey out is because it does
just such work as he mentions; creates
a burning, unquenchable thirst, para
lyzes will-power, benumbs sensibilities
destroys natural affections, debauches,
debases and aespoils manhood; but we
have considerable hopes Of the victim
even that far lost to all good influences,
ii he has sufficient manhood left to
grasp at the prohibition of his enemy,
and any pne who would not willingly
lend a helping hand and vote to such
an unfortunate, is as bad as the man
who sells him the poison. The picture
painted by o. w. Morehead is sufficient
reason why Jerauld county should say
to the rum-seller, druggist or physician,
''stand back, will protect the weakest
fmy citizens"
We do not agree with him as to the
Ignorance" OF those parties, for we
have in mind some of the brightest in
tellects the world has known, who have
fallen victims to rum. And l know
such, who are sincere in their good re-
solutions and efforts to reform, but
that burning thirst, either inherited or
cultivated because OF Former drinking
customs, overpowers them, and if ex-
posed To temptation necessarily yield.
For that reason every manly man, with
good impulses, will willingly help to
guard them by prohibition.
And the prescription case has been
remedied in Kansas, where no druggist
can sell alcoholics for any purpose
whatever without the petition OF twen-
ty-Gve ladies, and it has weeded them
out in that state pretty eifectually.
If o. W. Morehead knows of druggist
Or physician dealing out intoxicants
under their professional garb, let him
like atrue American citizen step up and
help enforce the law in that respect,
and he will have the gratitude OF the
law abiding citizens.
Every declaration, that state-law is
IL nullity, casts a stigma on the officers
OF the political power in that state.
l do not remember whether the U. S.
Revenue shows 1852 saloons in Kansas,
but will accept the statement from Mr..
and think that is doing pref
~ well, for, when | was in Leaven-
worth before the prohibitory law, that
;:ty alone had something like that num-
Der. That is quite encouraging, indeed.
And the quota he gives for Iowa,
I,O33 is not discouraging, considering
u! things, but he differs widely from
he report Of Gov. Larrabee of Iowa.
We give below some facts Stated by
parties in prohibitory states |
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